Silo.



throughout the several than vided with the present WILLIAMI. KINT, OF CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA.

' SILO.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 21,1913.

Application filed February 1,, 1912. Serial No. 674,653.

'1'!) all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, WILLIAM It. KINT,

a citizen of the United States, and residing at Cedar Rapids, in the county of Linn and 5 State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Silos, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in silos and more especially to an improved means for advantageously removing the contents therefrom; v

-A primary object of the invention is the provision of an inclosure within the dimensions of the usual construction of silo inclosures. i J

A further object of the invention is'to provide a main or exterior silo casing adapted to be completely closed but having-an entrance door and exit chute for accommodation of a scaling means and a plurality of exitdoors for the main inclosure located at. different heights.

In the usual construction of sil.os', acontinuous row of doors or openings extending from the top to the bottom thereof i's provided and this construction necessarily weakens therstaves of the casing at this point and another object of this invention is to obviate the said disadvantage well as fully protect the doors and ladders which are provided.

A still further object is to provide a scaling member and exit means entirely protected from the weather and having its individual roof together with one main chute exit and door entrance.

With these general objects in view and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this application and in which like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts views: Figure 1 is a central vertical sectional view of a silo proimprovement. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof partially broken away taken upon the line 22 of Fig. 3,-

and, Fig. 3 is a transverse horizontal. "'sectional view taken upon line 3-3 of Fig. 1..

Referring more in detail to the drawings. thecylindrical casing 10 of usual construction is provided with the conical roof 11, the latter being provided at one side thereof adjacent the eaves with a rectangular opening 12 for a purpose hereinafter described. [be

.main silo casing near the bottom thereof and in vertical al -ement with said opening 12 ofthe roof is provided with a door opening 13 having the closure door 1 1% while po'si-' tioned at one side isthe silo exit opening 15 having a hinged member 16 forming a combination chute anddoor as clearly s own in Fig. l of the drawings.

WVithin the casing 10 is provided an auxiliary inclosure 17 of a trough-like structure 18 vertically ar-' ranged and preferably retained at its bottom by the'chordal brace 19 while the top thereof fits the roof opening 12. The inner wall 20 of the inclosure-17 is substantially divided vertically into two parts, one portion accommodating the scaling ladder 21 while the other has a plurality of openlngs 22 therethrough, each provided with a closure door 23.

silo being accomplished by depositing the The removal of ensilage from the formed by the provision same through the openings 20, side guards 24adjacent each of said openings are provided which direct the deposit of the ensilage upon the chute door 16 heretof0rede-- scribed. The member 18 is provided at the top thereof with a separate gable roof while a li ht opening or window 26 accom modates t he auxiliary inclosure admitting both light and air thereto. Y

The chute member 16 hinged as at 27 to the silo casing 10 is normally retained in its open position asa chute by a contact of the top thereof with the inner Wall 20 of the auxiliary inclosure while in its tion, the same acts as exit opening 15 of the casing.

The silo casing 10 is provided with clamping hoops 28 of usual form and which constitute no part. of the present invention, the casing being preferably mounted upon a suitable base as 29.

It will be noted that if desired, the member 18 may be in the form ofan attachment to a s'ilo and built therein or incorporated in its structure after the completion of the usual form of circular silo.

-\Vhile the formsof the invention herein closed posishown and described are what are believedto be preferable embodiments thereof, it is [nevertheless who understood, that the same a door for closing the minor details without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth may be changed as-to size, proportion and opening through the roof thereof, of a. I trough-shaped member vertically positioned V within said silo and projecting through said opening and having a Window opening adj acent the top thereof above the roof and'a brace interiorly positioned transversely of said silo at the bottom thereof, said trough member seated upon and behind said brace,

the sides of said roof opening and the brace Gopiesof this patent may be obtained fhr adapted for removablfi positioning said trough-shaped member.

2. In combination with a silo having a removable chute member with 'openings therein, an inwardly swinging door hinged atits bottom to said member adjacent said opening, the side of said silo having an opening therein, a door hinged inwardly to said side at the bottom of said last-named openingand adapted when opened to contact the chute member adjacent the bottom of the opening the latter and to lie obliquely across said member.

' In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM F. KINT. WVit-nesses: -v

h/L'E. MOLEAN, JAMEs H. TYRRELL.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

